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I m feeling really helpless, said Jasvinder Pal Singh, a pharmacy owner in the capital New Delhi. People are crying, they ask me for medication, and I m saying no, no and no .
India s health ministry data yesterday showed 314,835 new infections in the past 24 hours the most of any country since the pandemic began as hospitals sent out desperate warnings that patients could die without fresh oxygen supplies.
The current wave has been blamed on a new variant and super-spreader events including the Kumbh Mela, one of the world s biggest religious gatherings, as well as large political rallies.
The dire shortages have also meant boom time for profit gougers, with medications and oxygen being sold at many times their usual prices.
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) India recorded the world s highest daily tally of 314,835 COVID-19 infections on Thursday as a second wave of the pandemic raised new fears about the ability of the crumbling health services to cope.
Health officials across northern and western India, including the capital, New Delhi, said they were in crisis, with most hospitals full and running out of oxygen.
Some doctors advised patients to stay at home, while a crematorium in the eastern city of Muzaffarpur said it was being overwhelmed with bodies, and grieving families had to wait their turn. A crematorium east of Delhi built funeral pyres in its parking lot.
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